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Biblical Servanthood Embodied
by Charles J. Mellring This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. A casual look at contemporary ministries evidences the widespread opinion that whatever works in the commercial world is what we should practice in ministry. There are certainly a great many tools and technologies that we…
Read MoreYap Island – Our First Ten Years [FrontLine feature article]
by Bob Whitmore This article appears in the current issue of FrontLine • March/April 2012. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. “Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands”—Isaiah 42:12. In 1999, my wife, Polly, and I accompanied a young missionary couple, Paul and Sherry Zimmer, on a…
Read MoreFrontLine Magazine–Islands of the Sea
The subject of our current issue is missionary effort around the world on the Islands of the Sea – Yap in Micronesia, New Zealand, Japan, Guam, and the Philippines. Veteran missionaries and some of our bright young men contribute articles on missions. This issue is well worth your time. In addition our regular feature, The…
Read MoreAround the Web–6/1/12
A few items of interest this week: Quebec: Canada’s Prodigal Province. Independent Baptists will not agree with many of the statements made in this article by some of the interviewees, but the article highlights the challenges of ministering to the secular culture. A crying need of the day is to reach the unchurched secularist who…
Read MoreOne Essential Feature of Dispensationalism: A Consistently Literal Hermeneutic
by Bruce Meyer This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. No doubt every one of us has encountered the following objection when arguing theology: “That’s just your interpretation.” The statement, although often a convenient escape, does highlight the importance of a hermeneutic that is centered in…
Read MoreDispensationalism, Baptists, and Fundamentalism
by Larry R. Oats This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. While many think of dispensationalism as a way to divide history into seven (give or take one or two) eras, it is really more about hermeneutics than history. Its focus is on how to properly…
Read MoreThe Training Wheels of Evangelism – Part 3
by Jim Oesterwind This is part 3 of a series, here is Part 1, Part 2. There is no denying the fact that a dramatically changed life testifies to the power of God’s grace in converting the vilest among us. Hardened criminals, brutal terrorists, and party-animal entertainers have all been converted to Christ. Consider Mao…
Read MoreDispensationalism and Faithfulness
by John C. Vaughn This article first published in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The Bible word “dispensation” means “economy, stewardship.” FrontLine magazine offers an opportunity to exercise faithful stewardship over Bible truth—in this issue, the truth of dispensationalism. As you begin to read this issue you will quickly…
Read MoreWindows: The Involvement of Discipleship
by Bud Steadman This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The term “disciple” is used consistently in the four Gospels to describe the relationship between Christ and His followers. That relationship involved the disciples in the day-to-day affairs of His lifestyle. Thus the Lord Jesus taught in…
Read MoreWhat the Matter with Those GUBAs?
by John Brock This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Have you ever heard any of the following statements? “The biggest losers in our Christian school are our church kids.” “The new converts in our youth group are on fire, but our so-called Christian kids are carnal…
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